What is a vcd?
It is simply a video compact disc (CD) that contains video and audio – moving pictures and sound. It is capable of holding up to 74 minutes of full-motion video with quality stereo sound. VCD uses the MPEG-1 standard to store video and audio in a high density form. As opposed to DVD that utilizes the MPEG-2. This ensures full compatibility with a wide range of devices. It is a worldwide, standards independent format endorsed by Sony, Philips, Matsushita and JVC. To learn more, click here. The really cool thing about a VCD is that you can run it on a variety of different platforms including personal computers and laptops/notebooks (both PC & Mac), DVD players, stand-alone VCD players, televisions, and game boxes (e.g. Playstations) and multimedia boxes.
VCD stands for “Video Compact Disc.” It is based upon the CD format and contains moving pictures and sound. A VCD has the capacity to hold up to 74/80 minutes—on 650MB/700MB CDs—of full-motion video along with stereo sound. VCDs use a compression standard called MPEG to store the video and audio. A VCD can be played on almost all standalone DVD Players and of course on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the help of a software based player like ForceWare Multimedia. • What is a SVCD? SVCD stands for “Super VideoCD”. A SVCD is very similar to a VCD; it has the capacity to hold about 35-60 minutes on 650MB/700MB CDs with very good quality full-motion video along with up to 2 stereo audio tracks and 4 selectable subtitles. A SVCD can be played on many standalone DVD Players and on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive with the help of a software based player like ForceWare Multimedia. • What are the differences between a VCD and a SVCD? The quality of a very good VCD
